Liberation From Back Pain

Category Archives: Self Treatment

Ever since discovering pelvis support in an office chair I’ve understood the bad logic of lumbar support in chairs…and that’s been 12 years of comfortable sitting at my desk.
But what if you can’t drag your well-designed chair with you wherever you go, I mean it has wheels… but it’s just not going to work on the train.
A quick glance at Continue reading ...

In the world of self improvement, fitness, health and wellness there is a missing link. That's a rather blanket statement Paul...why so confident? I see it in every single person I work with despite how proactively they are investing in their health... nutrition, exercise, meditation and so on. If you're visiting a practitioner (chiro, physio, massage, Continue reading ...

Have you started telling yourself "My balance isn't what it used to be"? Change your perception and outcomes with Part 2 of my 6 simple strategies.
4. Rigid shoes
As the old saying goes, "we aren't born wearing shoes" so why do we end up imprisoning those 26 moving bones in shoes that prevent mobility? Walking barefoot is coming back into fashion. Continue reading ...

While many women are paying large sums to repair their feet I'd like to help you prevent the need for surgery not to mention the pain and unsightly appearance of collapsed toes.
The other evening at the retreat I was listening to a woman describe her foot pain and as I asked her to show me how she bends herself into chairs an audience quickly gathered for Continue reading ...

My life changed the day I realised that my 5 years of chronic pain and back issues were not being caused by a whiplash injury at 19.
The story I had been telling myself since that accident; the blame directed against the person at fault, the disappointing deterioration to my ski-paddling though I was training as hard as the rest of the crew, the Continue reading ...

After 25 years on a board...all around the world, I want to share with all surfers the most important annual investment I make. It has nothing to do with boards, wetsuits, shorts or the type of wax. Although my skins under the boardies are No.2 😉
It's not a set of exercises or stretches to keep me in shape for such a physically demanding activity. Continue reading ...

I've been meaning to write up our latest iteration of the Relaxaback system for a while. While the CD and jacket has undergone a cosmetic facelift, the device itself has been rebuilt from the ground up...so to speak.
Following on from many comments that the device was too hard I've relented by redesigning the contents. There is now a 10mm layer of Continue reading ...

As seen on
Jacquie Hayes is used to shoulder and neck pain... as a journalist it comes with the job. But after joining the 28 day support program and using Relaxaback for just four days she reported, "I was sleeping better than I had since before I had children more than eight years ago."
Happy with the results so far... she wrote an article Continue reading ...

I wish I had a dollar for every miracle program that promises to solve back pain through exercise. If being chained to a daily exercise or stretch program is your idea of independence that's fine. It wasn't for me and by understanding what your back is actually saying with pain symptoms, you might look at this approach differently too.
Why Does My Continue reading ...

Bumped into another interesting story in the gym yesterday. One of the cleaners at Gwinganna has a chronic back problem. He wakes up sore every day, has pain through his neck, up and down his arms and down his legs. He's young (same age as me ;-). But this has been going on for years. He's plagued by the "all-of-a-sudden" pain that can be triggered Continue reading ...